Reviewed: May 15, 2013

This was AMAZING!! Way better than Olive Gardens Zuppa, which I love. I took the advice of some other reviewers and added more onion, garlic, and an extra slice of bacon. Also added basil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and fresh parsley. Added fresh parmesean to the soup and topped the soup with it when it was finished as well. SOOOOO GOOOD!!!!! Will be making again for sure!

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marladaley

Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2013

Yum! I used spicy Italian sausage and I loved it! I also used regular bacon because I'm not sure what pancetta is. One warning, once you slice up the sausage, it's really hard to "set it aside." I nibbled the whole time the potatoes were cooking!

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Spice of Life

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Mesa, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2013

This was so easy and delicious. I didn't change anything.

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RGere

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2012

I made this minus the pancetta and with spinach instead of kale (that's what I had on hand). It was so good! I used spicy sausage and a pinch of red pepper flakes which gave it quite a kick. So good.

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Cecily

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2012

Added ground thyme for seasoning. Everyone loved this!

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Lisa

Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2012

Add some extra pancetta and to spice it up, use the spicy Italian sausage (I needed to bake them for about 30 minutes) and extra salt at the end. Topped w/ Parmesan - was a meal in itself. No need to puree, if the potatoes are cubed small and cooked until really tender. Delicious!

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Kimiko

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Placentia, California, USA

Living In: Belmont, California, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2012

I've never had the soup at Olive Garden everyone keeps mentioning, but this is delicious! I used a box of chicken broth instead of a bouillon cube. I was afraid it would be bland with such few ingredients, but I guess less is more in this case. It was full of flavor. I only added salt and pepper to taste. You can definitely get away with doubling the potatoes and pancetta. I'll be making this again!

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cookingmama

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2012

very good. I added more potatoes i used red small ones and a little basi,,pepper, and since I used sweet italian susage I added some red pepper flakes. Lastly I use 3 cans of chicken broth and no water. I used 1 cup 1/2 and 1/2 instead of cream since that is what I had. Hubby loved this.

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